Polo shirts are also called "polos"
or tennis shirts and
they became so popular on golf courses, people started
calling them
golf shirts. Although the words "polo
shirt" and "golf shirt" are used interchangeably, the term "polo
shirt" is more popular.

More casual than a woven button-front shirt and dressier than a
t shirt, the polo shirt has become a wardrobe staple and customized polo shirts
with an embroidered logo are part of
the uniform for many businesses and schools.

When customized with an
embroidered logo or patch and given as gifts or giveaways, they
are called promotional polo shirts.

Promotional polo shirts are one of the most popular promotional
apparel items because they make great corporate gifts and are an
excellent way to build brand recognition and promote your
business.

Although Ralph Lauren, Fred
Perry, Adidas, Izod Lacoste and Tommy Hilfiger are the most
recognized brands of polo shirts, none of them allow you to
personalize a polo shirt with
your own logo or design.

Crooked Brook is not a polo shirt
brand, it is a label
used by the atelier division of our art studio.

Our shop is a full-service apparel design, pattern making,
sample making, and small lot production atelier with custom
embroidery and direct to garment printing (dtg) capabilities. In
addition, we offer personalized polo shirts that you can customize
with;

Embroidery, appliqué and tackle twill are
not suitable for all logos
or designs because more
often than not, the artwork was designed for print. With
print, letters can be much smaller and colors can be
incorporated more fluidly than with embroidery, appliqué or
tackle twill.

In addition, embroidery, appliqué or
tackle twill cannot be used on polo shirts weighing less than 5.5
ounces, which eliminates the lightest weight polo shirts and
those made in performance fabrics from your choices.

Therefore, for some logos or designs,
printed polo shirts are a better option and a lower cost
alternative to
appliquéd, tackle twilled or embroidered polo shirts.

Cheap Polo Shirts, Cheap Golf Shirts

Almost every major apparel
brand offers a line of polo shirts. Some
high-end brands offer polo shirts in high-performance fabrics,
knitted silk, merino wool or other fabrics.

Men’s polo shirts are now
available in what were once considered women’s colors and
women’s polo shirts are no longer smaller versions of men’s,
with silhouettes made specifically for a woman’s figure.

With all of the different brands, styles, profiles, fabrics and
colors of polos to choose from, there is a polo shirt for
everyone's taste and price point. However, to keep their prices
low, many companies that
offer custom
polo shirts
limit the choices to the cheapest
ones available.

Custom polo shirt prices are
determined by the brand, quantity, style, size, complexity of the logo or design
and method of customization.

Please be advised; when you buy a cheap polo shirt, that is
exactly what you get… a cheap polo shirt.

Cheap polo shirts are ill fitting, thin,
loose their shape, color and shrink excessively after the
first wash.